California · Public charity
Open Philanthropy Action Fund
The mission of OPEN PHILANTHROPY ACTION FUND is to study and promote more effective giving for public policy, advocacy and social welfare purposes. The organization seeks to maximize the impact that philanthropic giving can have on public policy and further social welfare. Through research, education, advocacy and grantmaking, the…
- $37M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 29
- Itemized grants FY2024
- 29
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 45%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2024
- $17M
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2024
- $106,800
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $6,400,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 12 to 29
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 10
- Total assets, FY2024
- $41M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 45% of the organizations Open Philanthropy Action Fund funded were first-time grantees, receiving 41% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 59% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $15M went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 26 | $17M | 50% |
| FY2023 | 29 | $36M | 45% |
| FY2022 | 26 | $19M | 69% |
| FY2021 | 19 | $78M | 63% |
| FY2020 | 17 | $12M | 71% |
| FY2019 | 19 | $21M | 53% |
| FY2018 | 14 | $11M | 79% |
| FY2017 | 12 | $11M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Accountable Justice Action Fund | $57,450,000 | 7 | 95% |
| Breakthrough Energy Action Inc | $49,771,031 | 4 | 79% |
| Tides Advocacy | $12,153,000 | 5 | 12% |
| Californians Against Pandemics | $11,100,000 | 2 | 50% |
| California YIMBY | $8,650,001 | 6 | 73% |
| Malnutrition Advocacy Fund | $7,897,860 | 2 | 96% |
| Plant Based Foods Association | $6,875,000 | 5 | 82% |
| Prevent Cruelty California a Humane Society Committee | $4,000,000 | 1 | 35% |
| Open New York Inc | $3,496,392 | 4 | 97% |
| Vital Strategies Action Fund Inc | $3,240,378 | 2 | 33% |
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Where it is load-bearing
Open Philanthropy Action Fund supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 37 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 77 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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How this is measured
Co-funders
Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Open a dossier: Good Ventures Foundation · Sixteen Thirty Fund · Tides Advocacy · All Hands on Deck Network Inc · Effective Ventures Foundation USA Inc · Accountable Justice Action Fund · Chan Zuckerberg Initiative Advocacy · State Engagement Fund · Center for Community Change Action · Open Society Action Fund Inc · See Forward Fund Inc · Humane America Animal Foundation
How this is measured
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About Open Philanthropy Action Fund
- How much does Open Philanthropy Action Fund give?
- Open Philanthropy Action Fund reported 29 itemized grants totaling $16,815,139, out of $37,359,496 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 12 and 29 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Open Philanthropy Action Fund fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Crime & Legal (36%), Environment (24%), Housing & Shelter (8%).
- Who are Open Philanthropy Action Fund's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Accountable Justice Action Fund ($57M), Breakthrough Energy Action Inc ($50M), Tides Advocacy ($12M).
- Does Open Philanthropy Action Fund fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 45% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Open Philanthropy Action Fund?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Good Ventures Foundation, Sixteen Thirty Fund, Tides Advocacy.
- Where is Open Philanthropy Action Fund based?
- Open Philanthropy Action Fund is based in CA.
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